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Everyone has to make sacrifices when it comes to emissions

Decarbonisation is by no means solely shipping’s responsibility. Our special correspondent worries that whilst the efforts to meet emissions targets continue to be top of shipping’s agenda, short-term political ambitions elsewhere might derail the ultimate aims.

The decarbonisation of shipping yet again took centre stage in the shipping media this past month. The MEPC meeting in London was praised in some quarters as a ‘huge step forward’, whilst others unsurprisingly condemned the resolutions passed as not being enough. Meanwhile, our sister publication Splash ran several stories about the development of methanol retrofit solutions for main engines and agreements to spread the supply of green methanol across US ports. Even if there remains no clear re...

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